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The projects below were created by students at Amherst College as part of a final project for our STAT 231 Data Science course.

Scroll down to explore the students’ blog posts or use the navigation bar on the side to jump to a particular group!

Blog Posts 📝

yay soccer

Yay Soccer! This is a blog about soccer. Yay!

Internet Explorers

Analysing the Impact of War on Financial Markets and Trade The purpose of this blog is to analyze what institutions believe to be the most impactful effects of war, and inspect those arguments using supporting data and visualizations from a variety of sources.

yay data science

Sentiment Comparison Between Popular TV Shows What makes a TV show popular? While that is a multifaceted question with no straightforward answer, we wanted to find similarities and differences between three vastly different successful TV shows (Gilmore Girls, Euphoria, South Park) to see what makes them so popular. We will be doing text and sentiment analysis, while also giving our own interpretations (as we have seen these shows) as to why these words / sentiments might resonate with viewers

network mammoths

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Programming: A Comprehensive Analysis of Developer Perspectives In the world of coding, things are shaking up with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. From those just getting the hang of coding to the pros handling big projects, everyone’s got a different take on AI. In this blog project, we’re digging into the real thoughts of programmers at different career stages. We look into their honest insights about how AI tools are fitting into their coding lives.

moneymakers

Statistics Behind N.I.L. N.I.L., or Name, Image, and Likeness, was legalized on July 1, 2021. It allows college athletes to monetize themselves using their status and influence. NIL has changed college sports, with Football being impacted the greatest. College Football has long been a money-making machine for institutions across America. However, as the schools, athletics departments, and coaches reaped the benefits of their football teams’ successes, it was illegal for players to make profits. This all changed in July of 2021 with the legalization of NIL. The world of NIL has since led to massive controversy. Arguably the largest issue that has stemmed is the lack of loyalty to one’s team. The transfer portal, and the money-making possibilities that come with transferring schools, has become an intriguing possibility for players. The portal has turned into a bidding war, with money being poured into it from school sponsors and fanbases. College Football has changed from trying to develop one’s own players to trying to “buy” another player from a rival team. As a group, we questioned what factors are common for players that transfer, and whether the post-NIL world has led to more success for those teams who spend more NIL money (measured by winning percentage before and after NIL legalization).

potterwatch

Potterwatch It is no secret that the Harry Potter book and movie franchise is vastly beloved: its world building and character development lauded as some of the best for children and young adults. The books are split into seven installments: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” The movies are divided similarly, only having two parts to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” instead of one. Seeking to see trends in character mention frequency and sentiment in the books and movies respectively, we created two visualizations.

data wranglers

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Resources 📚

• Graphic at top of page and gif on left of page were created by Willa Jarnigan
• Images for each group were created by DALL-E
• Font is Poppins from Google fonts
• Emojis included via the emo R package